Economics Project

  Vocabulary/Definitions

Product– Something that a company makes – X Box, IPad

Supply– Products a company has to sell

Demand– Products people want to buy

 

Natural Resource– Products made in nature – water, wood

Human Resource– People

Capital Resource– Equipment – Pizza Oven in Dion’s, a factory building

Financial Resource– Where companies go to get money - Bank loan

 

Goods– Companies that sell a product – Apple Store sells IPads, IPods. Barnes and Noble sells books

Services– Companies that sell a service – car wash, Doctors

 

Sales minus Cost = Gain or loss

Sales– Products that a company has sold

Cost– Amount of money spent to make a company’s products

Gain– Amount of sales is greater than the cost

Loss– Amount of sales is smaller than the cost

 

Cash Flow– Cash that a company has to spend on costs

No Cash Flow = A company could go out of business

Savings– Money saved by a company to help pay bills

Spending– Money spent to pay a company’s bills

If Spending > Savings a company could go bankrupt/out of business


Just in Time Inventory – Inventory Ordered as it is
needed – reduces costs, but may slow down building of the product

Warehouse Inventory – Inventory kept in a warehouse –
Increases costs, but speeds up building of the product - Warehouse Inventory may become obsolete